I love the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In the 13th article of faith it says “We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous and in doing good to all men; indeed we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.”
I love that the Church teaches us to to be good, honest people who serve one another in love, and encourages learning and creativity. One thing I love to do is read and study and learn. Several years ago I took an online course through UVU which was an Introduction to Natural Health and Healing. It opened my eyes to a whole new world which was fascinating to me! Some of the topics covered that I really enjoyed was the Power of the mind, Aromatherapy, Energy fields, Tai Chi, Therapeutic Touch, and the Effects of light, color and music on the body. From there, I found more books on the subjects that really interested me. I enjoyed reading books by authors such as Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, and Bruce Lipton. I didn’t believe every word of their books, but much that they wrote gave me things to think about.
My Dad gave me a father’s blessing many years ago in which he gave me the gift of discernment. This gift has been wonderful as I have studied subjects that might be considered controversial by some. I was able to reject those concepts that didn’t feel right and ponder more on the concepts that did feel right. What I loved was when I would be reading the scriptures or a General Conference talk and a concept that I had been studying would come up only in different words. I can remember as I read those books, wondering why the church didn’t teach those concepts that seemed so good and true, but then realized that many of the concepts are in the scriptures or words of the apostles and prophets of the church, just in different words.
I love the words “If there is anything virtuous, lovely or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.”
